Daffodil Mulligan in Islington

I have strict dietary requirements due to a long term health condition. My friend hosted his birthday meal at Daffodil Mulligans recently. After calling ahead to explain my dietary requirements, the staff and chef were incredibly accommodating. They helped me choose a starter that could be cooked to my requirements and created an off menu main that met my requirements just for me. I felt very grateful for their accommodation and amazing service.

I'm going to give you the most valuable gift: time. Don't waste it by looking at the menu... Order the Sugar Pit Pork and the Mash with liquor and beef fat crumb. I had it tonight and it was absolutely incredible. Now I'm going to go to bed and dream about eating it again.

We very much enjoyed experiencing the culinary delights prepared by chef Fiona and the staff.

Came here for our team day out - it was a fantastic day! Cleo looked after all 15 of us with ease. The food was delicious, staff were brilliant, and then we were able to continue the celebrations downstairs at Gibneys - 5 star day!

Fantastic all round experience. Delicious quality and thoughtful food and fantastic service, want to go back!

My new favorite restaurant in London. The service is wonderful, the vibe is cozy and the food is unique but tasty. Many steps above pub food but it invokes the same coziness! I also think they have the best Guinness I’ve tried in London. When you’re done with the meal you can pop down into the snug Gibneys for some live music.

This is my favourite restaurant, and I am not saying that lightly. The bhaji is a masterpiece. Only: bring the Gibney’s Stout back by all means!

Really a terrific place for business lunch. Attentive service and outstanding food, great location too. A real hidden gem. For mains we both had the sugar pit pork on the recommendation of our waitress, and have to say, was magnificent, possibly one of the best things I’ve eaten in recent months. Very excited to return and experience this place again.

Great place and excellent quality of food. We were very impressed with all the dishes we ordered- taste and presentation of each plate were on point. Table service was also a big part of our positive experience. Clio was always ready to offer recommendations when asked and served the table with professionalism and positivity. We will definitely go back!

Super meal this evening, highlights were the steak tartare with bone marrow and the mackerel. I'm allergic to shellfish and the chef made some allowances for me, make sure you order the mash, it was utterly divine. The restaurant is wonderfully irish without any hint of plastic paddy. Well done you guys we will be back very soon.

had a really excellent dinner- sugar pit pork and the mash were standouts

Has because me my favorite spot in London. Brought my family for the first time, the pork is incredible but everything is great. Also love the attitude of the servers.

Pricey but had an amazing experience!

Waitress Irina was great, she really looked after us.

Food, wine, service and atmosphere were all excellent. A selection of small and large plates served to the table to pass around a fairly large group. Most convivial. Highly recommend.

Been here a few times and good is just alright. The venue is definitely nice however and I would definitely recommend visiting the Irish pub in the basement called Gibneys

I needed to amend my booking I tried calling them countless times. No one answered the phone. When I got there at 9:30. I was told I had 8 minutes to order. I did that. The food arrived and the staff was already cleaning the kitchen. The food was great, however my meal was interrupted by a mouse that was running around on the floor. The staff claimed the mouse must have run in when the door was open. Absolute lie. The staff member then decided that it would be a good idea for them to send our food to the bar downstairs because and I quote this staff member “it’s not like I’m going to waste my time looking for this mouse right now.” She forced me to quickly pay before I could even say a thing and pushed us to go to the bar downstairs.

10/10. Food, service and even the Guinness was excellent . Had the cote de bouef . Sublime . Will be back .

Smelly barbecue inside. Lots of fuss about lots of meat. Just felt like a small English attempt at an American tradition. The wood fire embers and smoke were out of control and the exhaust hoods were insufficient. Food was not memorable.

The service was excellent and was matched by the food.

Very delicious and great overall experience here. I would strongly recommend visiting if you want a nicer meal in Shoreditch. I've been 2x and last time was with a foodie friend who agreed everything was very tasty. Service was also very attentive and friendly. Loved the pork dish, bread, fish, fried chicken, and ceviche! Enjoy

Always a great experience, Cliodhna was great in looking after us last night with personable service and a bit of craic. Food was really good, drinks excellent, and nice to see the menu change every so slightly while keeping the classics that we've come to know and love.

Great experience. Lovely staff. Amazing food!

Everything was very fatty. You pay quite a bit for the quality you actually get. Doesn't feel particularly Irish besides adding soda bread to a couple of items. Everything was *super* heavy in the mustard Ultimately disappointing

Mashed pot cold chicken tasted like KFC 🍗 nothing special over priced as well won't be going bk

A buzzy lively Irish outpost. Daffodil Mulligan had been on our 'to try' list for quite a while and we finally got around to going on a Friday evening on a recent culture and gastronomy trip to London from our home on the benighted Costa Geriatrica down in Devon. The place was almost empty when we arrived about 7.15 pm - hut in half an hour it was buzzing! We had a couple of rounds of aperitifs then shared a bottle of wine. The place is Irishmen owned - part of Chef Corrigan's Colection (and has a Gibney's bar downstairs which we didn't visit). The menu doesn't obviously say 'Irish' so it must be brand/owner loyalty that fill the place up with Irish visitors/expats which adds greatly to the overall buzz. Some of the staff are also Irish, and - obvs - very friendly. To start, The Lady Orthopod had a ceviche of sea-bass (delish!) and I chose the Mangalitza black pudding - which came as a sizeable puck of piggy unctuousness sitting atop celerica remoulade and served with a dollop of gherkin ketchup - absolutely spiffing. TLO had a medium-sized on-the-bone plaice which her advanced knife skills saw deftly dealt with. I chose the whole Gurnard which was to be served 'off the bone' (I asked). I was interested to see how this works, because the Gurnard we buy and love to cook at home are big enough to feed two and have to be filleted. But here, the Gurnard are smaller and some clever chef manages to get the backbone and attached bones out without butchering the fish, leaving it intact and looking and tasting delicious. In short: a real buzz about the place, a very jolly Irish ambience (which you can prolong with live music downstairs if you fancy it), and an interesting menu. And despite not holding back on the drinks, we got out at just a sniff over £100 a head which is not bad by London standards these days.

It smells nice of real wood in the oven, the way they cook the pork melts in your mouth.

Great service although food wasn’t to our liking. The sugar pitted pork wasn’t sweet ant anll and had a Chinese five spice Smokey taste to it. The lamb shoulder was well cooked although it tasted more like something from a carvery rather than a fine dining restaurant. Not great value for what it was. First class service though and staff are very friendly.

Great food, service and atmosphere, would certainly recommend and come back

Great restaurant with amazing food. I had the steak and it was cooked to perfection. Even the butter tasted delicious. Staff were friendly, helpful but not pushy. Didn’t get to the bar downstairs but will do next time.

Toilets need to be resigned, nice idea but doesn't work when pub is busy 😕

Brilliant evening spent with my daughters in this restaurant- delicious food and great atmosphere which added to our enjoyment- live music downstairs which you can join later on

Had my birthday here this weekend , absolutely outstanding food , service fabulous and the music and ambience downstairs into the early hours made it one of the best experiences , would not hesitate to return and will be recommending to all. Did the set party menu and the amount and quality of the food surpassed all my expectations .

Fabulous staff and all the tasty treats... With the best Guinness in town, sure you'll be only grand ☺️

Our dining experience at Daffodil Mulligan was disappointing. The oysters were watery and lacked ‘meatiness’ and flavour, while the soft shell crab tasted predominantly like the crab's guts. The bread accompanying the duck parfait seemed and tasted burnt. The duck (which came quite rare) lacked seasoning, and the chocolate peanut butter cookie for dessert was overly sweet in an unpleasant way. Their famous mash was I guess pretty good, but overall, the experience fell short considering the raving reviews on Google.

Very tasty, fresh food. Great beer. Very, very glad my boy took me there - although I somehow ended up paying? Lol.

Very busy spot. Food was reasonably good, but have to say I found the service and staff excellent. One French lady (to my shame I can't remember her name) managing our entire table of 15 in a packed bar and every single request was met with a smile and no mistakes. Quite remarkable!

Friendly and welcoming staff; lovely and flavoursome food; romantic ambience 👍 I especially recommend the following dishes: • mash 🥔 • black pudding croquette 🫓 • ceviche 🐟 • fried chicken 🐔 • lamb shoulder 🐏 • Irish coffee ☕ • chocolate peanut butter cookie 🍪 The ones that could be improved: • beef tartare was actually nice, but the toasted bread that came with it was soft, meaning it wasn't quite fresh enough • the burger 🍔 was nice but fell short of expectation Overall, a lovely meal. Thank you for having us.

Birthday Treat “”We were a party of four and I couldn’t think of a better place to celebrate “”the lady from Dublin who looked after us was so friendly and efficient with plenty of sharp witty humour which is most definitely welcome “ The food was delicious and it was a pleasure to see the chefs getting on with the job in hand to deliver amazing food without the loud mouthed nonsense that one sometimes hear from Chefs “”outstanding service and food “”Totally enjoyed the experience and will definitely Return “

A great place to visit. Staff are wonderfully welcoming, and kept up the level of service all night. The food was exquisite. The wine and champagne, also great quality. As for the value for money, we ate drank and made merry as a group of 12 with starters and mains... And it came to just over £120 a head. Considering what we had, it was great value.

I was expecting Irish, but it was a fusion of Latin and Mediterranean with sour bread. That said food was great, fabulous mackerel, and great service.

Perfect place. Lively downstairs bar, gorgeous food and great service in the restaurant.

Really good atmosphere, just a little bit loud. Food is excellent!!!!! Everything was a wow!!! I highly recommend this place!

Quickly becoming my favorite restaurant in London (and I have tried my share). It’s the perfect combination of Michelin quality food, friendly service and a perky atmosphere, not to mention the best Cabernet Franc I ever had. Shared with a friend three starters, all were incredible. My favorite was the cauliflower bhaji, but the fried chicken was a close second (and a very larger portion). The pork belly was no slouch but I preferred the other two. The duck for a main was also fantastic, as was the poached pear for dessert.

Quickly becoming my favorite restaurant in London (and I have tried my share). It’s the perfect combination of Michelin quality food, friendly service and a perky atmosphere, not to mention the best Cabernet Franc I ever had. Shared with a friend three starters, all were incredible. My favorite was the cauliflower bhaji, but the fried chicken was a close second (and a very larger portion). The pork belly was no slouch but I preferred the other two. The duck for a main was also fantastic, as was the poached pear for dessert.

Great place, nice vibe, decent price

A restaurant that flattered to deceive. Lovely ambience and wonderful staff, but the food was good as oppose to excellent. Disappointing to find many of the items crossed out on the menu. You book a restaurant over a month in advance, look at the menu and then arrive to find a fair chunk of menu being unavailable. You would think a restaurant would order enough to cater for their bookings and walk ins. The second time I've had a less than acceptable experience at a Corrigan Restaurant after a poor Thanksgiving Menu at the flagship restaurant a few years ago. There won't be a third visit to the Corrigan Group of restaurants.

Three of us on lunch Friday 29 December, really quiet in the restaurant but that didn’t stop enjoying some fantastic cooking and flavours. Started with small dishes , octopus etc . Followed by are very large steak , cooked to perfection ans some excellent chips and broccoli. Friendly helpful staff and good wines by the glass Gluten free is no problem!

Great food and service. Plus they sell a proper pint of guiness here

Their still water is truly delicious

Lovely steak but missing several courses at the special season.

Uninspired and bland vegan menu, fantastic staff and customer service.

the pigs was best dish ever had there .

The staff here are brilliant. So conscientious. Best in London!

What a fantastic metropolitan buzzing restaurant and bar 🍻 As you enter the building, into the restaurant, it is perfectly lit and a welcome warmth both visually and physically hits you from the cold streets of London. You are immediately welcomed by staff with warm smiles and pleasant conversation, and led to your table (if you've booked - recommended!) 🤩 The menu, an A4 page of awesome 🍲🦐🍖 makes it difficult to make a choice! (Check out the specials board located over the bar also) If in a group, and you like everything, speak to the waiter/waitress regarding a mix of the menu - if it's not too busy, lunchtime for example, it's a great way to try a wide range of the menu. The menu is available to view online also 🚀🤩 I had the cauliflower bhaji for starter, bone marrow, and shared the 800g sirloin (medium rare), a side of mash, and a side of broccoli (in garlic) - a large glass of red and a pint of Guinness 😁 Every bite was full of flavour, perfectly cooked, and puts a warm satisfied smile on your face! Toilets and bar are downstairs. I didn't see a lift 🛗 so may be difficult for some ♿ users. Fantastic place to visit and highly recommended 🚀😄 Thanks for hosting us and I can't wait to visit you again soon 💪❤️🍀

Brilliant spot for food though definitely at the higher end of the cost spectrum. Really interesting range of dishes from a variety of culinary schools. Worth it, especially when washed down with the decent Guinness served downstairs in Gibneys. Fantastic service from Iryna who I blame for the headache the next day.

I was completely satisfied, we ‘ve spent my birthday dinner there and it was a real pleasure! The service and food was absolutely perfect! Thank You all this wonderful evening!

We celebrated my mom’s birthday there, and had the best service from our waitress. Special shoutout to the chefs, who cooked up an incredible meal, can highly recommend the pork belly and the steak! Everything came super speedy. We spent 3 hours there, not because of waiting times, but because we had such a good time. Thank you for having us!

Excellent place for dinner. Superb food, great service and atmosphere. The pork belly and the torchured octopuss are amazing. Highly recommended! Go there, eat there!

Service good staff wise however food fell a bit short for me beyond the soda bread, bread and sea bass cerviche which were all delicious. Other dishes were average and some, like the cauliflower bhaji felt like they needed another dimension of flavour to them. In fact I asked for lemon wedges and the citrus kick lifted both the bhaji and the chicken dish a little. The dining room didn’t have a particularly nice feel to it. It smelt oily (there are quite a few fried dishes) which clung to my clothes on leaving plus it was very dark - part of the reason why I only took one photo of the pigeon salad. An average dish. Overall ok but I wouldn’t choose to go again.

Deborah and Fred were brilliant as always. They are very welcoming, incredibly efficient and delightful. It is always a joy to spend time in this fine restaurant!

Fantastic place, we had an amazing dinner and will definitely be going back!

Excellent interesting menu, we were grateful for the helpful advice from Cleo the waitress who guided us through our lunch choices and their relative portion sizes. Service was faultless. Wines usual 300-400% mark up. It could do with more choice in the lower price ranges. All four of us had a wonderful meal. Thank you.

I really want to give this 5 stars as our server/waitress was so wonderful, helpful and friendly and the atmosphere is great as is the drinks. However, its not got a great choice for vegetarians to eat. A bean cassoulet and a Cauliflower dish- and potatoes. Saying that the bean cassoulet and chips and mash was absolutely delicious. We drank the last bottles of the house white (saturday night so a shame they had run out already) but we got the next cheapest with a bit of a discount. It was a friends birthday and they did a nice dessert and candle. I really would recommend here but be aware not much vegetarian choices. I would go back and just have lovely cocktails and bowls of chips :)

We had a great lunch here. Food was well presented and delicious. I particularly like the menu design, whereby there are small, medium and larger sharing plates. It allows you to be flexible with sharing or not.

We came here to watch the Ireland rugby game but also for dinner. We couldn’t of asked for a better experience. The food was exceptional and our waitress was really friendly and very accommodating. We were able to have a lovely sit down dinner with friends whilst the rugby was on in the background. Best of both worlds! We then moved down to the bar downstairs for live music and finished the night off perfectly. Can’t wait to come here again! The MASH and the black pudding croquette was my fave dish, it’s a must.

We had an amazing experience! The food was so creative and flavours were fantastic. The service was exceptional and we had a fabulous evening!

Always a wonderful time visiting your establishment. Thank you for your delicious food and welcoming hospitality. Sorry we stayed considerably longer than we should have on this occasion!

Amazing dinner at Daffodil Mulligan, the lamb shoulder was so soft, and the mash with beer fat crumb is a must have on the side of any dish. Very friendly and attentive staff too!

Excellent food and charming friendly staff. The mango and chilli margaritas are sublime. What more could you ask for.

Been here nearly 10 times now. Food and service are excellent as always and there’s a decent bar downstairs for after as well!

Very nice spot with good service drinks and food.

Accueil exceptionnel !!! Ambiance cosy. Repas très bon. Un peu cher mais ça vaut le coup. Entrées à partager excellente. On conseille les.yeux fermés

Fantastic lunch here. Great selection of small bites and sharing plates to start, followed by beautifully presented mains. All ingredients very fresh and packed a punch. Soft serve ice cream for dessert, sounds so simple, utterly divine with either a fruit or nut accompaniment, it's a must try in my opinion. We dined mid week at lunch time, it was fairly quiet. Service was very attentive and genuine. Fantastic Irish bar downstairs, excellent cocktails, great atmosphere.

Brilliant food and service. Atmosphere was great too. Would highly recommend. Great gluten-free options.

We tried quite a few small plates, they recommend 3 per person but they do offer larger plates as well. Cocktails were on a weaker side for me, I tried their jalapeno Margarita. We tried the following (starred dishes I’d recommend): Seabass Ceviche, Charred Green Tomato, Tequila, Jalapeno, Yuzu ⭐️ Ember Warm Sea Bream Sashimi, Pickled Daikon, Wasabi ⭐️ Tempura Soft Shell Crab, Chipotle & Lime Chicken, Cucumber, Mustard & Chilli Pickles Seared Hand Dived Scallops, Mushroom Dashi Braised Octopus, Toasted Foccacia & Sauce ⭐️ Soy & Sesame Glazed Duck, Sweet 'n' Sour Cabbage, Prawn Spring Roll & Plum Jam ⭐️ Churro with goat’s cheese ice cream ⭐️ Chocolate tart

First time visiting here and was really impressed. Service was really friendly, helpful and completely un-rushed. A really nice atmosphere with great food and wine. Chose and shared small plates. The ceviche, soft shell crab and lamb sweetbreads were particularly good. Wine sold in various size carafes. Would definitely return for some flame-grilled meat next time, which smelled fantastic.

Great cocktails. Shame about all the screens

Amazing restaurant! The staff were incredibly attentive, the food was delicious and the Guinness was sublime. We will definitely return!

Their homemade butter is amazing, rum slush so refreshing as well. Food was great!

We had a great time here - the food, drinks, service, and ambience were all top notch! We had a party of around 10 people and were seated at a long table. Our server asked us how we wanted to plan out the meal and she ended up suggesting all of our menu items with some special accommodations for our friends who were vegetarian / pescatarian. It was perfect because we didn't have to think about anything and everything was delicious.

Literally must be the best bar in London we've used. Hired for a private party. Went above and BEYOND to ensure we had a great night. Staff so attentive and the food......literally everyone commented on how amazing it was! Already held the date for next year!!

It was a great place to eat out for lunch with the team. We were seated in nicely, service was great and on time. Drinks and meal were really good for their taste. Slightly on the expensive side but can’t go wrong with the quality of food. Would recommend to others visiting in and around the area.

First and foremost, we found the food to be fine and the staff pleasant and courteous. That said, we won't return. We are probably not within the target demographic. The place was absurdly noisy, both from diners and unnecessary additional background music. All the food was served at the same time, tapas style, so there was no opportunity to enjoy individual courses. Finally, we found nothing remotely Irish about the food and cuisine, apart from the name of the restaurant. We were glad to try the place but we are done with it. For us, subjectively, a pity, as it's always good to try a good local restaurant to which we might hope to return frequently.

I was asked to return to this restaurant after a disappointing experience. The staff said some changes had been made ...and what a difference!! We were blown away by the meal cocktails and wine. The beef with smoked marrow was outstanding as a large dish notably. It was a Wednesday and the atmosphere was buzzing. The only reason I haven't scored a full 5 is because we didn't repeat the initial dishes. However I'm sure they've also improved too as all aspects of the food in this restaurant have elevated amazingly. Front of house was charming and friendly. Well done and thank you.

Staff are great, naturally friendly and attentive. Drinks solid, but food a let down. Walked in to a welcome smell of wood and fire, yet none of the dishes (we had 12!) were bbq or smoked. Flavour combinations were pretty average. Some attention to detail clearly missing too, eg pork cheeks were dry and cold, sauce too acidic. Not one memorable dish I'm afraid. Hope it was just a bad night

We had about 8 dishes here and loved one of them (pork belly). The rest was ok.

This felt like a really new and delicious dining experience. Really enjoyed it. Will be back

Really impressed with the quality of the food and drinks menus and then really impressed with the delicious meal. Staff were attentive without being OTT. Will definitely be returning soon.

While the food is cooked well, the combinations and menu are a little off, especially for the prices. Overall made up for by the superb staff and Irish hospitality. But

A minor quibble - lighting was so low key, it was diffcult to read the menu and see what I was eating - more than made up by brilliant waitress and excellent food

Shockingly bad. No idea why on earth this place is in the Michelin guide or has any good reviews. The service was fine, no major complaints there .. but the food was laughably bad considering we ended up paying £80 x head. We started with the 'wild garlic bread' - a few pieces of burnt toast, with very little to show of garlic, regardless of it being wild or not.. For some reason all adorned with sad wilted basil leaves. This set the tone for the rest of the meal. Ceviche made with what must have been bottled lime juice. Flaky over-fried scampi that which had very obviously not been de-veined. Pig cheek kebabs in an overwhelmingly flavoured curry sauce, sickly on the throat. Topped off by undercooked venison combined with "smoked prune" sauce which for all purposes resembled baby food mixed with bbq sauce. We did not stay for desert.

The place was half empty at 8 on a Friday eve and now I know why. The food was awful. We had 4 small dishes plus bread and 500ml of the cheapest wine and the bill was over £100. For this I would expect something amazing but the squid was a horrid soup and hard veg in what looked and tasted like dirty dishwater. The salt and chilli chicken was inediblly salty and couldn't taste chilli. The scampi and 3 chips were like the scrapings of a chip shop heater. The ham hock was OK as was the bread. The waiting staff and ambiance ok too The owner should try these dishes and see what he thinks. I'm sure they can't be as he intended. I'd save your money as there are plenty of great cheaper restaurants in the vicinity.

We came here for a quiet couples dinner. The decor is contemporary and though it’s quite a large space it feels cozy. We were welcomed by enthusiastic staff and quickly seated with menus and the offer of drinks. The menu is heavily focused on small plates. All sound delicious and are quite innovative. We decided to order a couple at a time which allowed us to change our minds as we tasted our way through the menu. We were here for over 2 hours and it seemed to fly by. Minor point’s stopping 5 stars. We thought the dessert menu didn’t quite liveup to the same standard as the rest. It was very limited so we gave it a miss. When the place got full the staff struggled to keep up. They continued to be friendly we often had difficulty getting their attention. Worth a visit. Oh. And there is a very lively bar in the basement if you fancy it.

Only went to the bar downstairs, which is a decent place for a cocktail! The aperol spritz was pretty good

I have to be honest I loved the experience more than the actual food. The waitress was lovely and very happy to host us. Food was good but not memorable although I liked their potato mash and the cooked ham. Those were special. Wine extremely overpriced and when I found out that I paid a bottle of red “l’interrogant 2020” for £67 when you can find it on sale for 20+ I honestly felt fooled. Would I go back? Perhaps for a drink and a bite. Definitely not for a full set.

Very good food - Deborah is a star ⭐️ Back a year and a half later or so and had equally a great dinner. Irene was extremely knowledgeable about the menu and just extremely personable. I just think these details and levels of attention go far and need to be commended. Thank you and be back soon!

Not been here before but passed it many times. The menu is unusual, and with many small plates but each one was fabulous. Offal waffle for example - I love most offal but my family don't however they all tried some and loved it. Similarly the beef tartar and mackrel tartar were wonderful. Will definitely be back and recommend here if you want something different.

Early dinner (6pm) on a Friday so reservation not needed. The access could be a challenge due to the never ending work on the Old Street roundabout. Loved the small plate starters ("hash", beef tartare & soft shell crab) and then we shared the Sirloin. Food was great but no sharp steak knives on the premises made eating it a challenge. Struggled to fine a red wine we wanted (and the menu is so difficult to read in the low light). We went with the waitress recommendation which was great though, as everything is these days, a tad expensive. Our waitress (from Swords) was fabulous.

Great food it’s a nice vibe and the staff are friendly and knowledgable. Great bar downstairs for afterwards